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Old 16-Aug-2006, 15:52
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Default Re: linguistic mistakes committed by politics from countries that english is not firs

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Originally Posted by englishstudent View Post
I understand your point.
Though not on the topic of what asad5 has asked,
don't Australians say "G'day (mate)" just as a greeting? I mean not necessarily when parting/closing a meeting.
i think it is on the topic but i want more and better examples about misunderstanding of politics for what the another talks about or aims at because of the influence of his first language ideas.
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